{"id":53474,"date":"2026-10-08T11:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=53474"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:22:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:22:51","slug":"what-a-broken-wrist-taught-me-about-ios-27-dictation-and-macos-voice-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/08\/what-a-broken-wrist-taught-me-about-ios-27-dictation-and-macos-voice-control\/","title":{"rendered":"What a Broken Wrist Taught Me About iOS 27 Dictation and macOS Voice Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tidbits.com\/2026\/09\/21\/what-a-broken-wrist-taught-me-about-ios-27-dictation-and-macos-voice-control\/\">Adam Engst<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/tidbits.com\/2026\/09\/21\/what-a-broken-wrist-taught-me-about-ios-27-dictation-and-macos-voice-control\/\">\n<p>Apple has significantly improved dictation in iOS 27 by adding a few capabilities for editing text from the Voice Control system. In other words, Apple has finally done some of the things I requested in &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/tidbits.com\/2020\/08\/31\/how-ios-and-macos-dictation-can-learn-from-voice-controls-dictation\/\">How iOS and macOS Dictation Can Learn from Voice Control&rsquo;s Dictation<\/a>&rdquo; (31 August 2020). Remember, dictation is what you get when you tap the microphone button on the keyboard, while Voice Control is an all-encompassing system that you turn on in <strong>Settings &gt; Accessibility &gt; Voice Control<\/strong>. The problem with leaving Voice Control on permanently is that it&rsquo;s constantly listening and thus inserting text when you don&rsquo;t want that, and at times I have felt that its dictation isn&rsquo;t as good.<\/p>\n<p>Most notably, when you&rsquo;re using iOS&rsquo;s regular dictation, you can now change the case of words and phrases by saying &ldquo;Capitalize <em>phrase<\/em>&rdquo; or &ldquo;Lowercase <em>phrase.<\/em>&rdquo; Incorrect capitalization of words drives me up the wall. Equally useful is the ability to fix misheard or misspoken words by saying &ldquo;Replace <em>phrase1<\/em> with <em>phrase2<\/em>.&rdquo; Most other Voice Control commands aren&rsquo;t available in dictation, but you can say &ldquo;Select <em>phrase<\/em>&rdquo; and &ldquo;Undo that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, while Apple added some of Voice Control&rsquo;s capabilities to dictation in iOS 27, it didn&rsquo;t extend that effort to macOS 27 Golden Gate. Put simply, when you use dictation in macOS, you don&rsquo;t have access to any text-editing commands.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/19\/apples-2026-accessibility-feature-preview\/\">Apple&rsquo;s 2026 Accessibility Feature Preview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/22\/2025-apple-vision-accessibility-report-card\/\">2025 Apple Vision Accessibility Report Card<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Engst: Apple has significantly improved dictation in iOS 27 by adding a few capabilities for editing text from the Voice Control system. In other words, Apple has finally done some of the things I requested in &ldquo;How iOS and macOS Dictation Can Learn from Voice Control&rsquo;s Dictation&rdquo; (31 August 2020). 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